Flooding Case Study Exam Practise IB Geography

1. Revisiting your Flooding Case Study
• You are going to consolidate your study of your chosen global flood
event and the human and natural factors behind it.
• Now that you have had your first draft back and marked, I would
like you to work on it in reverse order!!
• First of all, fill in your planning sheet based on what you have
already covered. If a certain area looks a little light on content, you
need to focus on gathering more information to improve your study.
You may find it useful to use colour coding.
• Once this is complete, you should attempt to answer the following
IB style exam question:
Discuss the roles of both physical factors and
human activity upon a specific river flood. [10
Marks]
• Your planning sheet and first draft of your essay should help you in
the completion of this question.
Deadline for submission: Tuesday 21st September.
Factual Examples/Case
Marks Overall Quality Terminology Analysis/Evaluation
Knowledge Studies
Does not meet any No relevant facts >
None appropriate > No evidence of analysis > very
0-1 recognised criterion contains few facts None > irrelevant.
very low level. little attempt at analysis.
> very poor. that are relevant.
Very limited
Inadequate > Weak, knowledge > Some
Inappropriate and/or None/little attempt to Weak > Some attempt but
2-3 unsupported knowledge but
inaccurate. organize material. much inaccurate or invalid.
generalizations. superficial or
inaccurate.
Superficial and Some analysis but seldom
Some indication of
Acceptable but Mostly basic but underdeveloped > focusing on relevant material >
4-6 structure and
generalized > Good. accurate. Appropriate but generally acceptable covering
organization of material.
generalized. some of the important aspects.
Accurate, specific Terminology usually
Very good > knowledge showing Appropriate but not sound, good structure. Good, detailed analysis, good
Excellent, showing some depth. > always developed > > Clear and accurate attempt at evaluation > Very
7-10
depth understanding Knowledge applied Specific and terminology, very good good, reasoned, justified and
and insight. consistently with developed. structure and thoughtful evaluations.
depth. organization.